Baheyya: Egypt Analysis and Whimsy بهيّة

T alented photographer Amr Abdallah at al-Masry al-Yawm has kindly shared his photos of citizens' daily struggle for water , here in G...

On Monday, 23 July, stay at home and raise Egypt’s flag. That’s the initiative adopted by Kifaya and a half dozen other groups to inaugurat...

Egypt is so rife with protest these days it’s difficult and crucial to keep track. On any given day, at least one group of citizens takes to...

Arty Topalian, Seated Fellaha (ca. 1950s) .

In what I think is a first in Egyptian political history, on Sunday 18 March, 102 opposition legislators began a boycott of parliament’s ple...

There are few more profoundly grotesque and unjust practices in Egypt’s republican history than presidential referrals of civilians to milit...

It’s January, and that means Book Fair time. Here I’ve plucked only three of the most prominent features this year, two worthwhile new novel...